• Radiation has local effects; chemotherapy is more systemic.
• Only certified nurses may administer chemotherapeutic agents.
• Ionizing radiation will damage both normal and cancerous cells, and cause side effects.
• Clients who receive external radiation are not radioactive at any time.
• Clients receiving internal radiation are not radioactive: the implant or injection is.
• If the source of radiation is metabolized, the client’s secretions and excretions may be radioactive for a time, based on the half-life of the isotope
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